Rashaun Williams ponders on who or what will protect his community from the police who break the law.
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Imagine this: It’s 7pm and you’re driving home to your family after work. Red and blue lights are flashing behind you and loud sirens are penetrating your eardrums.
As a law abiding citizen, you pull over to wait for the officer to pass you. Instead of zooming by, the officer parks behind your car and you reach for your license and registration. As the officer approaches, you notice he’s a big and tall male wearing a bullet proof vest, which adds to his bulkiness.
This routine traffic stop turns into a ruthless and sexually demoralizing stop-and-frisk. The intimidating officer searches every part of your body; his hands slowly become weapons of unlawful lust.
Now stop imagining… this type of scenario was real life for seven Oklahoma City women who were violated by Daniel K. Holtzclaw, who’s now behind bars for rape and sexual assault. In one year, Holtzclaw averaged one sexual assault a day, targeting only Black women between the ages of 34 and 58.
These are extremely troubling times in our country when police officers are tear gassing protesters and journalists, shooting unarmed black men with impunity and raping American citizens. Who will protect us from the police?
Until we can answer this question with certainty, we must continue to report and record these savage acts and begin to mobilize against our oppressors and their laws by engaging and transforming the economic and political systems until it’s fair, balanced and representative of the racial and cultural makeup of America.
Who will protect us from the police? Maybe the answer is “we the people.”
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